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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe)

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🐝🌱🐞 We fight for a pesticide-free world. The primitive toxic era comes to an end. Sustainable agriculture can feed the world, with happy and healthy farmers and citizens. With biodiversity, clean water, healthy soil and good food.

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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔬🩸 A new study has detected the ultra-short #PFAS trifluoroacetic acid #TFA in all 110 European participants’ blood samples tested. We call for an immediate ban on PFAS #pesticides that contribute to TFA pollution. www.pan-europe.info/blog/tfa-det...
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TFA detected in every blood sample tested from 110 Europeans
Time to ban all sources of TFA pollution starting with PFAS pesticides A new study has detected the ultra-short PFAS trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), in all 110 European participants’ blood samples tested....
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus. They support the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards that protect human health and the environment from #pesticides. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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EU Member States back weakening of pesticide safety
Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, supporting the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards protecting human health and the environ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Together with @foodwatchde.bsky.social, @inkota.bsky.social & @umweltinstitut.org, @pangermany.bsky.social handed over 145,000 signatures opposing toxic double standards in the #pesticide trade. The EU must finally honour its pledge and put an end to the export of banned pesticides!
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Join us for a high-level conference bringing together policymakers, scientists, civil society, and key stakeholders to discuss how EU legislation can best safeguard health, water quality, and biodiversity while supporting a sustainable agricultural transition. www.pan-europe.info/events/confe...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📩 Over 500 scientists, practitioners, and public health and environmental officials have raised concerns about the rapid pace for the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, the EU Commission’s proposal to loosen #pesticide regulations. www.pan-europe.info/blog/over-50...
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Over 500 scientists call for impact assessment before easing pesticide rules
In a letter sent today, over 500 scientists, practitioners, and public health and environmental officials have raised concerns about the rapid pace for the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, the EU Commiss...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today, the European Parliament supported, in plenary session, last week's veto from the Environment Committee against increased Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial #neonicotinoid, in rapeseed (canola). www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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European Parliament vetoes more residues of Flupyradifurone insecticide in food
Today, the European Parliament supported, in plenary session, last week's veto from the Environment Committee against increased Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonic...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💧 EU-wide call to ban #PFAS #pesticides after rise of #TFA in Austrian groundwater. A new scientific analysis of official monitoring data shows a marked increase in TFA contamination in Austrian groundwater linked to agricultural activities @global2000.bsky.social www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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EU-wide call to ban PFAS pesticides after rise of TFA in Austrian groundwater
A new scientific analysis of official monitoring data shows a marked increase in TFA contamination in Austrian groundwater linked to agricultural activities. Concentrations of the “forever chemical” t...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today, the EU Parliament vetoed an attempt by the European Commission to increase Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonicotinoid, in rapeseed (canola). @generationsfutures.fr www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Flupyradifurone: the European Parliament blocks the Commission, in order to protect bees and our children's health
Today, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament vetoed an attempt from the European Commission to increase Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonicotinoid, ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🧬 @pannederland.bsky.social has asked the national #pesticide authority Ctgb to withdraw the authorisation of 50 pesticide formulations. They contain substances that are proven to be endocrine-disrupting or harmful to reproduction. www.pan-europe.info/blog/pan-net...
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PAN Netherlands calls for the withdrawal of 50 endocrine disrupting pesticide products
PAN Netherlands has asked the national pesticide authority Ctgb to withdraw the authorisation of 50 pesticide formulations. They contain substances that are proven to be endocrine-disrupting or harmfu...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yesterday’s joint hearing of the European Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees on the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus was dominated by claims that farmers need continued access to toxic #pesticides to maintain yields and fight growing pesticide resistance. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Parliamentary hearing on Food & Feed Safety Omnibus: Misleading ‘yield and substance loss’ narrative to keep the most toxic pesticides
Yesterday’s joint hearing of the European Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees on the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus was dominated by claims that farmers need continued access to toxic pesticides to main...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today, the European Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees are holding a public hearing on the plans to weaken the EU pesticide law via the so-called “food and feed omnibus”. Will scientists’ concerns be heard? Or is the voice of #pesticide manufacturers and users heavily over-represented?
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📈 Pesticide sales in the EU rose by 8% in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching 316.000 tonnes, according to Eurostat data. The EU is far from the objective of gradually reducing farmers' dependency on pesticides: www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici...
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Pesticide sales rise in the EU despite Commission claims of decline in use
Pesticide sales in the EU rose by 8% in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching 316.000 tonnes, according to the latest Eurostat data. The new data refute the Commission’s claim of a 61% reductio...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📢 An independent scientific assessment commissioned by the Dutch Parliament concludes that the pesticide omnibus proposal will not achieve its objectives. The proposal will cut costs for the pesticide industry at the expense of public health & nature. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🌾 Can agriculture thrive without #pesticides? The answer is a resounding YES! This was shown in a groundbreaking 10-year study in France. Estimated farmers' income was higher than the French national minimum wage in most cases. www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici...
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Pesticide-free agriculture is profitable and boosts yields, a new French study shows
While the environmental and health harm of pesticides are well-known, many people ask: Can agriculture thrive without them? The answer, backed by a groundbreaking 10-year study in France, is a resound...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨⚖️ The highest Dutch administrative court has ruled that the pesticide formulation Pitcher, containing the endocrine-disrupting substance fludioxonil, needs to be banned as soon as possible. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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EU Member States need to revise their pesticide authorisation process: Dutch court orders ban on endocrine-disrupting pesticide formulation
The highest Dutch administrative court has ruled that the pesticide formulation Pitcher containing the endocrine-disrupting substance fludioxonil needs to be banned as soon as possible. The verdict fo...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🐦 Birds are far less abundant in agricultural areas where more pesticides are bought. Negative effects were found for over 84% of the species studied. A reduction in #pesticides would be a turning point to stop biodiversity loss. www.pan-europe.info/blog/more-pe...
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The more pesticides, the fewer birds
A recent French study shows that common birds are far less abundant in agricultural areas where more pesticides are purchased. Negative effects were found for over 84% of the species studied. A reduct...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🚰 The case against the widely used PFAS pesticide diflufenican is clear. This #herbicide, applied on winter cereals across Europe, breaks down into #TFA, an ultra-persistent "forever chemical" accumulating in groundwater and polluting our drinking water. www.pan-europe.info/blog/diflufe...
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Diflufenican breaks down into TFA and must be banned
The case against diflufenican is now clear-cut. This herbicide, widely applied on winter cereals across Europe, breaks down into trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), an ultra-persistent "forever chemical" that...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1/2 🚨 If the Commission’s omnibus proposal were adopted, at least 49 synthetic #pesticides would receive unlimited approval. The omnibus proposal on #pesticides will strongly lower the level of protection for citizens and the environment. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Pesticide Action Network raises alarm over 49 pesticides facing unlimited approval in EU ‘omnibus’ proposal
Analysis by Générations Futures, a member of the PAN Europe network, shows that 49 synthetic pesticides would receive unlimited approval if the Commission’s omnibus proposal enters into force on 1 Jan...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🌊 The European institutions reached a political agreement to update EU rules on water pollution. Yet the text weakens existing key environmental protection measures and principles, thus jeopardising the better protection of European waters. www.pan-europe.info/blog/what-fu...
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What is the future for European Waters?
The European institutions finally reached a long-awaited political agreement to update EU rules on water pollution. The agreed text, however, weakens existing key environmental protection measures and...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🪱 Soil covered the front page of the science journal Nature. Referring to the extensive research of an international team of researchers who said: “Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils” = Pesticides harm soil fertility. www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici...
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Widespread pesticide use harms soils life
Soil covers this month’s front page of the science journal Nature, headlining with: “Down to Earth - How pesticides reshape soil biodiversity”. The cover refers to the recently published extensive res...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🐝 We are hiring! 🐞 We are looking for a Senior Policy and Science Officer with a strong scientific background and research experience, who will focus on topics related to the health and environmental regulatory assessment of pesticides. Interested? Apply here: www.pan-europe.info/about-us/tea...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🧠 The insecticide Flupyradifurone is a #beekiller. It proves to be much more harmful for solitary bees than previously thought. It also potentially poses a risk to a child’s developing brain. Like all neonicotinoids, it can pass the blood-brain barrier. www.pan-europe.info/blog/eu-aske...
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EU asked to revise insecticide Flupyradifurone
The insecticide Flupyradifurone proves to be much more harmful for bees than previously thought. It also potentially poses a risk to a child’s developing brain. Like all neonicotinoids, it can pass th...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📚 The EU is paralysed. There is a political deadlock on banning #EDCs and #PFAS #pesticides. At the same time, permits for some of the most toxic #pesticides have been extended. www.pan-europe.info/blog/eu-cont...
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EU continues extending permits for some of the most toxic pesticides despite Court ruling, while stalling bans on others
This month's EU pesticide meeting presents a mixed picture. We finally see some long-overdue ban proposals on substances harmful to humans and wildlife under consideration. However, political deadlock...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The @efsa.europa.eu has acknowledged today that #TFA - a common PFAS pesticide metabolite and widespread pollutant - is far more toxic to human health than previously recognised, cutting its health-based guidance values by over 70%. @generationsfutures.fr www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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EFSA’s new health-based values for TFA urge the ban of PFAS pesticides
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has acknowledged today that TFA - a common PFAS pesticide metabolite and widespread pollutant - is far more toxic to human health than previously recognised, ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🧪🔬 A large-scale study assessed the level of exposure to #pesticides, using wristbands worn by farmers and citizens living close to fields. The results show the important exposure to pesticides via pathways other than food. www.pan-europe.info/blog/wristba...
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Wristband study proves: farmers and citizens exposed to highly toxic pesticides
A large-scale study assessed the level of exposure to pesticides, using wristbands worn by farmers and citizens living close to fields. The results show the important exposure to pesticides via pathwa...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 15/07/2026
📣 Op-ed today in EU Observer 🚜 While farmers suffer the heat, in Brussels Copa-Cogeca and Croplife (pesticide industry) lobbyists join forces to dismantle pesticide safety rules - against the interests of farmers. 👇 Read here: euobserver.com/227840/the-f...
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The farming lobby is in bed with the pesticide industry – against the interests of farmers themselves
The lobbyists' goal is to convince MEPs to radically dismantle the existing EU rules on pesticide authorisation and use, rules meant to keep too toxic products off the market.
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Today, PAN Europe received the European Commission Decision on the review of the EU approval of Cypermethrin. Last December the EU Court declared the 2021 reapproval of Cypermethrin to be illegal. Read more: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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European Commission delays ban on cypermethrin despite EU Court judgement
Today, PAN Europe received the European Commission Decision on the review of the EU approval of Cypermethrin. Last December the EU Court declared the 2021 reapproval of Cypermethrin to be illegal. Ins...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Chairs of the @droi.europarl.europa.eu & Delegation for Relations with 🇿🇦 have written to @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu, urging the Commission to deliver on its promise & stop the production & export of dangerous #pesticides banned in the EU. #EndToxicTrade www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨 EU politicians are planning to break down the #pesticide law. We need to move in the opposite direction. 🚜 We don't have to poison crops and fields. 📢 Help us and write to EU Parliamentarians. 📝 Sign here: www.pan-europe.info/ban-pesticid...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1/7 🚨🍓 A new investigation by PAN Europe and partner NGOs reveals that strawberries produced in the EU are significantly contaminated with cocktails of highly toxic #pesticides. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🧠 The fungicide fluazinam can harm brain development, but this evidence was effectively hidden from regulators for more than a decade- new research from scientists at Stockholm University has revealed. www.pan-europe.info/blog/fraud-s...
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Fraud scandal in EU pesticide approval system has kept neurotoxic pesticide on the market for years
The fungicide fluazinam can harm brain development, but this evidence was effectively hidden from regulators for more than a decade- new research from scientists at Stockholm University has revealed [...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, parents of children harmed by #pesticide exposure, joined by a former Dutch politician, gathered to share their story and urge EU lawmakers: put public health first & reject any attempt to weaken Europe’s protections from pesticides. @foeeurope.bsky.social www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Families suffering from pesticides demand better health protection, not deregulation
Today in Brussels, parents of children harmed by pesticide exposure, joined by a former Dutch politician who was himself affected by childhood pesticide exposure gathered to share their story and urge...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨 The most far-reaching attack on EU pesticide safety standards. A draft report by MEPs Herbert Dorfmann (EPP) and Michele Picaro (ECR) proposes a sweeping rollback of EU #pesticide rules.
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 Today, NGOs from the ‘End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition’ called out the EU Commission following media reports that it would not hold its promise to end the toxic export of EU-banned #pesticides to countries in the Global South. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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European Commission backtracks on promise to end EU exports of banned and dangerous pesticides
Today NGOs from the ‘End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition’ called out the European Commission following media reports that it would not hold its promise to end the toxic export of EU-banned pesticides ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🪙🪲 The beautiful Golden Ground Beetle controls pests like slugs and Colorado beetles. In addition, ground beetles support soil health, act as bio-indicators & feed birds. We need stronger EU pesticide regulations to protect them! #SaveOurInsects www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/pr...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
1/3 🧵☕️ An encompassing report released this week by Pesticide Action Network UK exposes a crisis brewing in the heart of the global coffee industry: the widespread use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across coffee-producing countries. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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New report ‘Poison in Your Coffee’ reveals the widespread use of highly hazardous pesticides
A new encompassing report released this week exposes a crisis brewing in the heart of the global coffee industry: the widespread use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across coffee-producing count...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A new scientific analysis published in Science adds to growing evidence that the pesticide omnibus would weaken protection of human health and the environment from harmful #pesticides, while slowing the transition to safer alternatives. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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New science warning raises alarms over EU pesticide Omnibus
A new scientific analysis published in Science is intensifying concerns over the European Commission's Food and Feed Safety Omnibus proposal, just days before key Member State vote on 26 June. The ana...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🌱🪱 We invite you to the webinar focused on reducing and preventing soil pollution, a key objective of the Soil Mission. 🗓️ When? 29 June 2026, from 11:00 to 12:00 CET. 📍 Where? Online. 👉 Register here: www.pan-europe.info/events/confe...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The EU Commission is dragging its feet to properly protect health and the environment. Exactly half a year ago, the highest EU Court ruled that the reauthorisation of cypermethrin was not sufficiently science-based. Yet, no visible action was taken since then. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🇧🇪🧑‍⚖️ Providing so-called 'emergency authorisations' to keep toxic #pesticides on the market is a recurrent practice from EU Member States. According to PAN Europe and @natprobe.bsky.social, these derogations are not in line with EU law. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Endocrine disruptor Spirotetramat: PAN Europe and Nature et Progrès Belgium take Belgium to Court for once again abusing the derogation system
Providing so-called 'emergency authorisations' to keep toxic pesticides on the market is a recurrent practice from EU Member States. Belgium recently provided a derogation to Spirotetramat, a pesticid...
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Martin Häusling @martinhaeusling.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
⏳⛔Pestizide, die #TFA bilden, müssen verboten werden. Ewigkeitschemikalien die fortpflanzungsschädlich sind, gehören weder ins Essen noch in die Umwelt! Mehr dazu in meiner #PFAS Studie: www.martin-haeusling.eu/themen/oekol...
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Studie: PFAS-Pestizide: Bedrohung für Gesundheit und Umwelt - Ewigkeitsgifte in unserer Nahrungskette – Martin Häusling
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The @echa.europa.eu has officially classified #TFA as toxic to reproduction, concluding it "may damage the unborn child" and is “suspected of damaging fertility”. We urge the ban of all #PFAS #pesticides that release TFA into the environment. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Confirmed: ECHA classifies TFA as highly hazardous to early-life development - all PFAS pesticides must now be banned
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has officially classified trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as toxic to reproduction (Category 1B), concluding it "may damage the unborn child" and is “suspected of damag...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
During the European Week Against Cancer, the Commission defended its Beating Cancer Plan, a strategy to tackle cancer from prevention to early detection. While the EU rightly focuses on tackling tobacco & pollution, #pesticides are not even mentioned. www.pan-europe.info/blog/eu-allo...
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EU allows cancer-linked pesticides, despite known potential risks
During European Week Against Cancer, the European Commission defended its Beating Cancer Plan, a strategy to tackle cancer from prevention to early detection. While the EU rightly focuses on tackling ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📨 Today, on behalf of the End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition, we wrote to the environment ministers of Denmark, France, Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Sweden & Norway. If a pesticide is too dangerous to use in Europe, it is too dangerous to export. www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pesticide sales in the EU rose by 8% in 2024 compared to last year, reaching 316.000 tonnes, according to the latest Eurostat data. The new data refute the Commission’s claim of a 61% reduction in #pesticide use, a figure based on a flawed indicator. www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici...
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Pesticide sales rise in the EU despite Commission claims of decline in use
Pesticide sales in the EU rose by 8% in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching 316.000 tonnes, according to the latest Eurostat data. The new data refute the Commission’s claim of a 61% reductio...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Women farm workers and activists from South Africa, representing the Women on Farms Project, came to Brussels and stood face-to-face with EU policy-makers. They shared testimonies of #pesticide exposure and their health impacts - their daily realities on farms: www.pan-europe.info/blog/ending-...
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Ending Europe’s toxic pesticide exports: voices from South Africa brought to Brussels
Women farm workers and activists from South Africa, representing the Women on Farms Project, came to Brussels and stood face-to-face with EU policy-makers. Invited by PAN Europe under the End Toxic Pe...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🚜 The EU negotiations on the Omnibus proposal to weaken the #pesticide regulation are being pushed through at speed, with little scrutiny, no democratic debate, and insufficient expert input. 📨 We sent an open letter to the @cy2026eu.bsky.social: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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NGOs warn against unlimited pesticide product authorisations and rushed EU negotiations
A coalition of public health, environmental, and consumer organisations is sounding the alarm in an open letter to the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU. The negotiations on the Food and Feed...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🐞🧑‍⚖️ On this World #BiodiversityDay, we want to highlight that complying with the law is not an option, in a democratic space: protecting public health, water quality and the environment must take precedence over profit. Read more about our court cases: www.pan-europe.info/blog/eu-cour...
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EU Court rulings should lead to better regulation of pesticides
We have urged the European Commission to fully incorporate the rulings from three recent EU Court cases led by PAN Europe. These judgments - on cypermethrin, dimoxystrobin, and co-formulants - reveal ...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🇪🇸🚜 Environmental and health organisations in Spain have urged the government to urgently classify Parkinson's disease as an occupational illness for farmers exposed to #pesticides. @ecologistasenaccion.org www.pan-europe.info/blog/call-sp...
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Call on Spain to recognise Parkinson’s as an occupational disease
Environmental and health organisations in Spain have urged the government to urgently classify Parkinson's disease as an occupational illness for farmers exposed to pesticides. They also called for ep...
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🐝 On this World Bee Day, with @beelifeeu.bsky.social, we remind the EU Commission that bee protection is far from adequate. The main reason is the non-implementation of a guidance document produced by EFSA back in 2013. Give bees a chance & ban harmful pesticides! www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...
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